World watch production today is concentrated in three countries: Switzerland, Japan and China. Former centres such as Great Britain, France, the United States and Russia saw the industrial manufacture of watches disappear from their territory during the twentieth century. How did this situation come about?
The business of time aims to answer this question by presenting the first comprehensive history of the sector. It traces the evolution and transformation of the global watch industry from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, highlighting the conditions that enabled watch production to expand across the globe and revealing how multinational companies gradually emerged to dominate the industry.
The business of time aims to answer this question by presenting the first comprehensive history of the sector. It traces the evolution and transformation of the global watch industry from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, highlighting the conditions that enabled watch production to expand across the globe and revealing how multinational companies gradually emerged to dominate the industry.
Table des matières
Introduction
1 The situation in the mid-nineteenth century
2 Responding to the American challenge, 1870–90
3 A first phase of technological and industrial diffusion, 1890–1914
4 The transformation of the watch industry, 1914–45
5 A first wave of foreign direct investment, 1945–70
6 The impact of electronics, 1970–85
7 Reorganisation of global value chains since 1985
8 Epilogue: the world watch industry in 2017
Conclusion
Index
A propos de l’auteur
Pierre-Yves Donzé is Professor of Business History at Osaka UniversityAchetez cet ebook et obtenez-en 1 de plus GRATUITEMENT !
Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 216 ● ISBN 9781526162564 ● Taille du fichier 10.4 MB ● Maison d’édition Manchester University Press ● Lieu Manchester ● Pays GB ● Publié 2022 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 8515177 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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